Surprisingly contemporary
Triennial Bruges is the three-yearly open-air route for contemporary art and architecture in the World Heritage City. But you don't have to wait that long to catch a glimpse of modern Bruges. Moving contemporary art, innovative architecture and challenging murals are scattered far and wide. Some you can't miss; others are well-hidden. What do they have in common? You visit them every day of the year.
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Curved lines that pop up in bright red against the green backdrop.
Curious about this striking example of urban regeneration from the 1970s?
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An exhibition hall that slides open and becomes one with a town square?
This international music and art centre is one of the 1001 buildings you must see before you die. It is a place that offers the very best in contemporary dance and classical music.
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Giuseppe Penone thanks the nurses of the St John's Hospital for their efforts in caring for the body and soul of everyone who has ever stayed here.
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Love, Liebe, amour, amore… we can never get enough of it!
The pilot flame of poetry is burning in the House ‘Gezelle’'s intimate garden.
Revolution, War, Hunger and Death.
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This residential area with social housing in West Bruges might seem light-hearted, but make no mistake.
It can get very busy at Musea Brugge's reception pavilion at times, as this is where you buy your entrance ticket for the top locations of Gruuthuse Museum and the Museum of the Church of Our Lady.
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80 homes on 1 hectare of grounds: these won Pandreitje a well-deserved Belgian architecture Award.
A brand-new home, modelled after the Middle Ages.
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Time has not stood still in Bruges, and so it happens that the medieval access roads are not always fit for 21st century traffic.
Bruges may be a proud World Heritage City, it is also firmly rooted in the present and is forging bold plans for the future.
Leaving Bruges without seeing the street art by ‘Legendz’ or ‘The Bridges’? Not done!
